<pre class="docs-method-signature"><code>paper.findView(element)</code></pre><p>Find a view (instance of <code>joint.dia.ElementView</code> or <code>joint.dia.LinkView</code>) associated with a DOM element in the paper. <code>element</code> can either be a DOM element, jQuery object or a CSS selector.
                    Sometimes, it is useful to find a view object for an element in the DOM. This method finds the closest view for any subelement of a view element.</p>